Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 215 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 59% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.64 on Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 2, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.36 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.48% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 321,519 acre feet

This is 89.23% of the average of 360,306 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 151,726 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 149,115 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 169,793 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 193.43% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 26.03% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -0.76 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.55 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.53 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, May 03, 2026
6036.64
-0.03
1,025,739
342
456
73.5
48.8
Sat, May 02, 2026
6036.67
-0.01
1,026,046
439
450
66.6
45.5
Fri, May 01, 2026
6036.68
-0.04
1,026,148
297
445
66.4
44.9
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
6036.72
-0.04
1,026,558
274
441
65.5
51.8
Wed, Apr 29, 2026
6036.76
-0.06
1,026,968
167
438
68.4
49.5
Tue, Apr 28, 2026
6036.82
-0.01
1,027,583
423
436
63.7
44.0
Mon, Apr 27, 2026
6036.83
-0.01
1,027,685
582
595
62.8
40.8
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
6036.84
-0.10
1,027,788
126
605
61.2
48.4
Sat, Apr 25, 2026
6036.94
-0.09
1,028,814
182
610
69.4
49.5
Fri, Apr 24, 2026
6037.03
-0.07
1,029,738
172
497
67.5
39.4
Thu, Apr 23, 2026
6037.10
-0.03
1,030,457
261
370
61.5
46.9
Wed, Apr 22, 2026
6037.13
-0.02
1,030,766
239
306
70.3
51.8
Tue, Apr 21, 2026
6037.15
-0.02
1,030,971
239
307
76.3
55.0
Mon, Apr 20, 2026
6037.17
-0.02
1,031,177
238
306
72.9
52.3
Averages of List
6036.89
-0.04
1,028,317
284.4
447.3
67.6
47.8

Averages for May 3rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6053.76
-17.12
1,277,844
2853.43
1344.47
72.23
40.79
All-Time
6040.35
-3.71
1,166,138
2823.39
1309.64
72.23
40.79

Last 10 May 3rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, May 03, 2025
6037.40
-0.76
1,033,544
1013
394
74.0
46.6
Fri, May 03, 2024
6044.85
-8.21
1,112,867
2019
352
73.0
47.4
Wed, May 03, 2023
6049.03
-12.39
1,159,924
6980
505
76.3
50.9
Tue, May 03, 2022
6024.54
12.10
907,608
2419
301
77.0
47.0
Mon, May 03, 2021
6034.02
2.62
1,049,557
2346
588
66.0
47.0
Sun, May 03, 2020
6056.84
-20.20
1,308,142
3148
555
84.0
46.0
Fri, May 03, 2019
6042.24
-5.60
1,137,230
3679
411
72.0
35.0
Thu, May 03, 2018
6049.65
-13.01
1,221,443
1171
869
59.0
37.0
Wed, May 03, 2017
6078.10
-41.46
1,596,508
837
1260
75.0
41.0
Tue, May 03, 2016
6071.08
-34.44
1,495,575
1819
448
70.0
36.0
Averages of List
6049.30
-12.66
1,208,245
2735
653
75.0
42.6


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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